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Court Rejects Texas Claim for Oklahoma Water

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a Texas agency's bid to go into Oklahoma to obtain water, dealing a major blow to a fast-growing region in North Texas plagued by drought.

The Tarrant Regional Water District, which supplies water to 1.7 million Texans, including residents of Fort Worth, had sought water from a part of the Red River's watershed in Oklahoma. The Texas agency claimed it had a right to the water under the Red River Compact, a congressionally sanctioned agreement that allocates water rights among states...